Theu.s. D. Massachusetts - 814 Words

Everyone is impacted by the public policy-making, whether it’s federal, state, and local because the results of the decision-making have a major effect of our economic welfare. At the federal level (Executives) interacts with the Congress to get their policy proposal placed on the congressional agenda. At the state level they have their own agenda priorities, and these priorities will affect how states act in the federal system, attempting to influence the federal agenda in pursuit of state-level goals. The emerging literature about states’ impacts on internal and external agendas demonstrates the importance of challenging accepted views of the interactions between federal levels. This process relates to the policy stream as it relates to the text, where policy players, either inside or outside the government, would like to secure action. For instant, in the health care area, Senator Ted Kennedy (D. Massachusetts) was active in getting health care reform on the cong ressional agenda. At the local level they interact with the governor to get their program on the agenda. The Governor interacts with Congress, since all legislation goes through Congress for action. No matter what level of the government, federal, state, or local, they all share the same outcome, and that is, having their program placed on the agenda for action. vii. Does the article fit into an existing theoretical framework? In other words, what theory (ies) does the article address that was discussed